Does Allah have the ability to love?
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Or the more interesting question that I'm getting at: Is Allah, or any Unitarian being, capable of eternal love if said being had lived outside a causal relationship with another for an eternity? If love is to "give oneself" then what was the object of affection?
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Replying to @NocturnalSatyr
The love of God is for Himself, and the entirety of Creation is within Him, thus he also loves the whole of Creation and all that is contained within it
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Replying to @AnarchicEvolist
That's not love, love is a causal relation with another. True love is defined in this instance as selfless, not selfish. Creation, as Craig clarifies, is an act of will. Which again would render Allah an eternally unloving deity.
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Replying to @NocturnalSatyr
There is nothing outside of God, thus there is no 'other' to love. But according to your definition there is no such thing as "loving yourself", no?
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Replying to @AnarchicEvolist
How are you defining 'God' in this sense? As a singular person or the greatest conceivable possibility whose beyond being/non-being and made up of ALL the gods, all ine each other?
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Replying to @NocturnalSatyr
I'm "defining" (although it can not be really defined, for to define is to limit, and God can not be limited) God as Being, i.e. the Principle of determination
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Replying to @AnarchicEvolist
Why does the GCB have to be uni-personal or only ONE? That's my question. I'm a fan of Godel's ontological argument and such, but why do people assume this thing that has all the omni qualities is unequivocally SINGULAR? My reasoning & studying of hinduism is leading me to
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Replying to @NocturnalSatyr
Alright, let us 'define' God as Being, which is not limited, for if it were limited, there would BE something outside it, which would be absurd. Now, if there were two 'Gods', that were not identical, they would be outside of eachother, and would limit eachother, which is absurd.
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Replying to @AnarchicEvolist
You're conflating 'God' in a predicative sense with a strictly identity sense. Consider the following: - My house is red - My car is red - My bike is red - Therefore, is my bike my car? (identity sense) - Therefore- my red is a bike? (conflating predicative identity)
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Where am I conflating? I'm not ascribing any qualities to Being, merely saying that it is not limited.
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